After two years, the golden state warriors, the hegemonic team of the former league, reappeared on the playoff stage, and easily defeated the Nuggets led by Jokic in the first round, and also became the favorite of the Western Conference championship in the eyes of many fans, but in the Western Conference semifinals, the Warriors encountered the bitter Grizzlies in recent seasons, and before the latter did not make a splash this season, they were repeatedly able to play an excellent overall performance in the dialogue with the Warriors, and the playoffs after the end of the regular season last season. It is also the Grizzlies that keep the Warriors out of the playoffs, which is why many Warriors fans regard this series as a battle for revenge! After the game began, Morant played an excellent personal performance in the first quarter, under his leadership, the Grizzlies once achieved a 13-point lead, and the referee's blowing scale of this game also caused doubts, the splash brothers received a total of 6 fouls in the half, Green was also directly expelled, but the Warriors still relied on the bench to play Poole's rampage performance, defeated the Grizzlies 117-116, and won the opening red of the Western Conference semifinals!
In order to make the Grizzlies win, the referee did his best
In the NBA league, it is often the case that the referee is more or less biased towards the home team, but in the playoffs that are more advocating physical confrontation, the blowing performance of the referee in the first game of the Warriors and Grizzlies In the Western Conference Semifinals has made the fans unable to be satisfied, and only in the first half, Curry and Thompson have received 3 fouls each, and they have fallen into foul trouble early.
And in the final moments of the second quarter, dream green in the defense of Grizzlies player Clark's layup, there is a pull on the jersey in the air, but Green has an obvious protective action, not to hurt people, just to prevent him from impacting the basket, but was directly blown by the referee penalty second degree malicious foul was expelled from the court, NBA reporter Tim Reynolds and former NBA head coach Van Gundy have bluntly said that this is not a second-level evil criminal at all, active player Mitchell also directly raised questions, In order to make the Grizzlies win, the referee did his best and became the truest thought in the hearts of many fans.
The Splash Brothers did not perform as expected, and Tea Jordan stormed the Savior
Early foul trouble, as well as the Grizzlies' highly targeted defense, have made the Splash brothers Curry and Klay Thompson's performance in this game did not meet expectations, compared to Morant, who cut 34+9+10 comprehensive data, Meng Shen Curry shot 8 of 20 in this campaign, only 24 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, and Thompson was even more poor, only 15 points were exchanged for 19 shots, although he hit a key winning three-pointer in the decisive moment, but there were also two missed free throws in the final moment.
In the case that the Splash Brothers did not meet the expectations of the outside world, Tea Jordan Pooler became the savior of the Warriors in this game, he played 37.3 minutes off the bench, hit 12 goals in 20 shots, including 5 of 10 three-pointers, and one person bombed 31 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 blocks, which is the key to the Warriors' narrow victory over the opponent.
Being able to win this game in the case of the inner core defensive gate chasing Dream Green being sent off, the Warriors let the fans see their competitiveness, expect them to be able to maintain such a state, and avoid injury troubles, and strive to go further in the playoffs!